Help: Can NTFS & Fat32 Co-exist ?

rajshah · Aug 29, 2006

Hey !!

Was about to install Vista Beta on my pc which already has WinMe and WinXpSp2..
My hard drive has around 5 partitions .. all Fat32.
Vista says.. NTFS to go.. or no Show !!

So my question..

Can I format one of the partitions to NTFS and install Vista ?
Will WinMe and XP run fine after that ?

TIA.

ComradE_BeaN · Aug 29, 2006

well...i suppose u could only format the drive in which u are gonna install the Vista...but u wont be able to access it from winME....

btw...why winME?

rajshah · Aug 29, 2006

WinMe used to be good for certain games i played..
plus sister prefers d old interface.. nd has a few programs which run on it..
98 crashes a lot.. WinMe makes a lil more sense...

@ super_saiyan btw.. thanks for the super quick reply !!

And ya..
Its ok if i cant access the NTFS Vista partition frm WinMe.
But I will be able to access it from WinXp rite ??

And no issues with data bein moved around from NTFS to Fat32 and vice versa rite ??

Eazy · Aug 29, 2006

Google the freeware "READNTFS" and see if it lets you access NTFS partitions from WinME - I have an external USB HDD with Win98SE on it and using readntfs I can access my NTFS file system HDDs.

rajshah · Aug 29, 2006

thanks for the info Eazy !!

KingKrool · Aug 29, 2006

You can try Sysinternals Freeware for NTFS read tools for WinME.

zhopudey · Aug 29, 2006

and if interface is the main issue, you can use XP with all the eye-candy turned off.

It look just like Me then.

Eazy · Aug 29, 2006

zhopudey said:
and if interface is the main issue, you can use XP with all the eye-candy turned off. It look just like Me then.

you can do this by selecting the Windows Classic Style theme ...

rajshah · Aug 29, 2006

@kingkrool.. thanks for the link
@zhopudey & eazy.. thanks for the info (though already know dat

)

Basically i just wanna know dat there wont be any issues with d data between NTFS and Fat...
No corruption issues while xfering data among them rite ??

Eazy · Aug 29, 2006

rajshah said:
Basically i just wanna know dat there wont be any issues with d data between NTFS and Fat...
No corruption issues while xfering data among them rite ??

I "tried" out READNTFS - did not run it for long - and it copied files fine but it was quite slow in transfering files between the HDDS.

TheMask · Aug 29, 2006

rajshah said:
Can I format one of the partitions to NTFS and install Vista ?
Will WinMe and XP run fine after that ?

YOu could perhaps format the D: drive and install Vista in that partition. Perhaps these links could be of some help. http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_beta2_02.asp
Windows Vista Beta 2 Installation Guide

rajshah · Aug 30, 2006

@theMask.. chking ur links now..

Btw.. i've already installed Vista ystday after formatting E:\ to NTFS..

seems fine..though..didnt get much time to chk it out..

Will do dat today !!

Thanks for ur help guys !!

yogi1771 · Aug 30, 2006

i think there is data corruption when u transfer frm fat32 to ntfs had tried that on my comp couldnt install any programmes after transfering not sure though

Hacker · Aug 31, 2006

NO there is no data corruption.

Btw Eazy whats the name of that theme.

rajshah · Aug 31, 2006

@HacKer thanks !

Eazy · Aug 31, 2006

Hacker said:
whats the name of that theme.

go to display properties - themes ...... it is listed there as Windows Classic

bejay · Sep 2, 2006

hey raj....i've 2 hdds with 2 partitions each...one in NTFS n the other in FAT32....both are runnning on XP for almost an year now without any problem.....the only disadvantage is slow data transfer....thats all

Kumar · Sep 2, 2006

hey eazy,whats the theme u r using?

Eazy · Sep 2, 2006

Kumar said:
hey eazy,whats the theme u r using?

I use Elements or Toothpaste or CoughDrop ..... if you want to know about the picture I posted in this thread thats Windows Classic.

Hacker · Sep 2, 2006

Eazy i was talking about the cool dark purple color. I had that theme/visual style long back but cant find it now.